https://reurl.cc/R97Epe He is NBA Hall of Famer Jason Kidd, head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. 他是 NBA 名人堂成员Jason Kidd，现任达拉斯独行侠总教练。 He’s on the phone Wednesday afternoon, hours before the Mavericks played the De nver Nuggets at home, and is talking all things baseball. 周三下午，他在电话那头，距离独行侠主场迎战丹佛金块还有数小时，话题却全都是棒球 Yes, one of the greatest point guards in NBA history is a fanatical baseball fan . 没错，这位 NBA 历史上最伟大的控球後卫之一，其实是个狂热的棒球迷 He can tell you all about Randy Johnson’s Cy Young seasons, Barry Bonds’ home runs and Henderson’s stolen bases. 他能如数家珍地谈起Randy Johnson的赛扬奖赛季、Barry Bonds的全垒打，以及Rickey Hen derson的盗垒纪录 He was a baseball player himself, right up until college when he snubbed powers like Kentucky and Kansas to enroll at Cal-Berkeley, where he grew up, largely be cause he was promised he could play basketball and baseball. 他自己也曾是棒球选手，直到大学时期，他拒绝了肯塔基、堪萨斯等篮球名校，选择进入他 成长的地方——加州大学柏克莱分校（Cal-Berkeley），主要原因是校方承诺他能同时打篮 球与棒球 “I grew up loving baseball,’’ said Kidd, a catcher and outfielder. “I love i t. That’s one of the reasons I came to Cal, because they said I could play base ball after basketball season. I never got the opportunity, though. When I was wo rking out with the guys in basketball, they advised me to pass on baseball in ca se I got hurt. 「我是从小爱着棒球长大的，」曾担任捕手与外野手的基德说。「我真的很爱棒球。这也是 我选择来柏克莱的原因之一，因为他们说我能在篮球赛季结束後打棒球。但我始终没有获得 那个机会。当我和篮球队一起训练时，他们建议我放弃棒球，以免受伤。」 “It’s one of the few times I listened.’’ 「那是我少数几次有听话的时候之一。」 Certainly, he knew he made the right choice picking basketball over baseball, bu t never lost his passion for baseball. 毫无疑问，他知道自己选择篮球而非棒球是正确的决定，但他对棒球的热情从未消失。 He is now launching JK Select Baseball, a nationwide youth baseball initiative u nder the umbrella of the Jason Kidd Foundation. 如今，他正启动「JK Select Baseball」，这是一项隶属於杰森・基德基金会的全美青少年 棒球计画。 The program is designed to help create opportunities for kids to receive the bes t instruction for baseball while receiving mentorship and guidance, whether they want to pursue sports or other careers. Kidd hopes that the baseball initiative builds off the success of the JK Select Girls Basketball program, which has pro duced more than 45 NCAA Division I athletes. 该计画的目标，是为孩子们创造机会，让他们在接受顶尖棒球训练的同时，也能获得导师制 度与人生指引，不论未来是否要走上运动之路。基德希望，这项棒球计画能延续 JK Select 女子篮球计画的成功——该计画至今已培育出超过 45 名 NCAA 一级联盟球员。 “Watching the young ladies play basketball, I started wondering if I should par ticipate in youth baseball," Kidd said. “I started talking to my wife and other s who were in the baseball world. I thought if I could help in women's youth bas ketball, I can help in youth baseball. This conversation started getting tractio n.’’ 「看着那些年轻女孩打篮球时，我开始想，我是不是也该投入青少年棒球，」基德说。「我 开始和太太，以及棒球圈内的人讨论。如果我能在女子青少年篮球上帮得上忙，那我也能在 青少年棒球领域做些事。这样的想法渐渐获得共鸣。」 The baseball initiative will have a three-tiered model for athletes from 7 to 18 years old, emphasizing skill development and education. It will begin in the Da llas area, with hopes of expanding to Washington, California and Pennsylvania. 这项棒球计画将采取三层级制度，对象为 7 至 18 岁的选手，重点放在技术培养与教育。 计画将先从达拉斯地区展开，未来希望扩展至华盛顿州、加州与宾夕法尼亚州。 “I’m in a position to give back and with youth sports,’’ Kidd said, “and so metimes we forget how important coaches are. A lot of us were blessed to have go od coaches to help us go where we want to go. That helps create not just athlete s, but lawyers and doctors and teachers. If the coaches are better, our youth wi ll be better.’’ 「我现在有能力回馈社会，特别是在青少年运动这一块，」基德说，「而有时候我们会忘记 教练有多重要。很多人之所以能走到想去的地方，是因为遇到了好教练。这不只培养运动员 ，也培养律师、医师与老师。如果教练更好，我们的年轻世代就会更好。」 Kidd, who played travel baseball himself although those trips never went furt her than two hours and not two time zones also has been reacquainted with you th baseball through his 15-year-old son, Chance. He’s a 6-foot-4, 225-pound cat cher who has been drawing attention. He has been invited to MLB’s Dream Series this weekend in Tempe, Arizona, a program designed to help develop minority pitc hers and catchers. 基德自己也打过巡回棒球——虽然当年的移动距离从未超过两小时车程，更别说跨越时区— —如今则透过 15 岁的儿子钱斯（Chance），重新投入青少年棒球世界。身高 193 公分、 体重约 102 公斤的钱斯担任捕手，已引起不少关注，并获邀参加本周末於亚利桑那州坦佩 市举行的 MLB「梦想系列」（Dream Series），这是一项致力於培养少数族裔投手与捕手的 计画。 “I love watching baseball, it’s just such a great game,’’ Kidd said. “It’s a game of failure. How do you deal with failure? And learning how to deal with failure helps you in all phases of life.’’ 「我真的很爱看棒球，那是一项非常伟大的运动，」基德说。「这是一个充满失败的比赛。 你要怎麽面对失败？而学会处理失败，能在你人生的各个层面带来帮助。」 “Growing up in the Bay Area, we were rich in athletes that can play multiple sp orts,’’ Kidd said. “I’m hoping with our program, we can help kids do whateve r they choose. If they don’t want to play sports, helping them become doctors a nd lawyers and teachers would be great, too. 「在湾区长大，我们身边充满了能同时从事多项运动的优秀运动员，」基德说。「我希望透 过我们的计画，能帮助孩子们去做他们想做的事。如果他们不想打球，能帮助他们成为医师 、律师或老师，也同样很棒。」 “I just want to give them the opportunity to grow, not just as players, but as people.’’ 「我只是希望给他们成长的机会，不只是成为更好的球员，更是成为更好的人。」 他14岁儿子Chance Kidd守备位置是捕手 https://i.imgur.com/RT0mPi7.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/E7YfE7O.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/pQwlZtW.jpeg --

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